1997 Northumberland County Council election
1997 UK local government election
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Local elections to Northumberland County Council, a county council in the north east of England, were held on 1 May 1997, resulting in a council with Labour members forming a majority.
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1 May 1997
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All 66 seats to Northumberland County Council 34 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 71.8% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Map of the results of the 1997 local election. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Results
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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| Labour | 43 |  4 |
65.2 | 44.8 | 72,674 | 7.4 | |||
| Conservative | 13 |  0 |
19.7 | 24.4 | 39,519 |  3.5 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 8 | 3 |
12.1 | 26.0 | 42,219 | 2.8 | |||
| Independent | 2 | 3 |
3.0 | 3.7 | 6,040 | 1.3 | |||
| Green | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.7 | 1,150 | 0.2 | |||
| Liberal | 0 | 0 |
0.0 | 0.4 | 608 | New | |||